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True story : murder, memoir, mea culpa

In the haunting tradition of Joe McGinniss's "Fatal vision" and Mikal Gilmore's "Shot in the heart", "True story: murder, memoir, mea culpa" weaves a spellbinding tale of murder, love, and deceit with a deeply personal inquiry into the slippery nature of truth. The story begins in February of 2002, when a reporter in Oregon contacts "New York Times Magazine" writer Michael Finkel with a startling piece of news. A young, highly intelligent man named Christian Longo, on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for killing his entire family, has recently been captured in Mexico, where he'd taken on a new identity - Michael Finkel of the "New York Times". The next day, on page A-3 of the "Times", comes another bit of troubling news: a note, written by the paper's editors, explaining that Finkel has falsified parts of an investigative article and has been fired. This unlikely confluence sets the stage for a bizarre and intense relationship.Read more...

Abstract:

In the haunting tradition of Joe McGinniss's "Fatal vision" and Mikal Gilmore's "Shot in the heart", "True story: murder, memoir, mea culpa" weaves a spellbinding tale of murder, love, and deceit with a deeply personal inquiry into the slippery nature of truth. The story begins in February of 2002, when a reporter in Oregon contacts "New York Times Magazine" writer Michael Finkel with a startling piece of news. A young, highly intelligent man named Christian Longo, on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for killing his entire family, has recently been captured in Mexico, where he'd taken on a new identity - Michael Finkel of the "New York Times". The next day, on page A-3 of the "Times", comes another bit of troubling news: a note, written by the paper's editors, explaining that Finkel has falsified parts of an investigative article and has been fired. This unlikely confluence sets the stage for a bizarre and intense relationship.